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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780780022072 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 0780022076 Label: Criterion Languages: Manufacturer: Criterion MPN: 060 Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 30, 1999 Running Time: 147 minutes Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: 1992 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Originally produced for the Independent Film Channel, John Lurie's idiosyncratic take on the classical fishing program places the genre in entirely alien terrain--and that doesn't just refer to the strange and exotic locations. Best known to filmgoers for roles in Stranger Than Paradise and The Last Temptation of Christ, Lurie is also a composer, a saxophonist, the leader of the jazz group the Lounge Lizards, and a painter. Fisherman, however, is nowhere to be seen on his résumé, so this city-bred hipster's foray into rod and reel country is obviously another kettle of fish. Reeling in buddies Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper, and director Jim Jarmusch to join him on his fishing trips to such faraway locales as Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Thailand, Lurie takes his show completely out of the "how to" realm: imagine a talk show defined by its contemplative silences. Fishing with John teaches nothing about fishing. Instead, John simply enjoys the company of his buddies as they venture out into unfamiliar territory and drop a line in the water, tossing in a current of absurdist commentary (dryly intoned by Roy Webb) and surreal speculation for good measure. This is the ultimate fishing show for people who could not care less about fishing. --Sean Axmaker Description: John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John. Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine's northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - You won't see this on ESPN at 5AMI know, I know, a fishing show...sounds boring right? Well, add some enigmatic celebrities with some nice cinematography and you'll feel like you're drunk with your buddies out at the lake. This is a quirky inventive escape from your run of the mill programming. You get to see some cool off-screen personalities of these stars as they fish around the world with musician John Lurie. See the fellas swap fishing tales. See Jim Jarmusch and John go shark fishing with a chum bucket, ... Read More Rating:  - One of the most unique TV shows ever made...honestly...I remember watching this DVD with a very good friend of mine, and we were both dumbfounded. It was one of the most unique, hilarious, and endlessly watchable TV shows EVER. It's really unclassifable. It's not really a fishing show; it's not a nature show; it's not a celebrity show; it's not a talk show. It's all four of those and then some. It has some of the funniest, most out of place (deliberately) narration ever (my favorite is when the narrator says "I wish I had a corn beef sandwich" in the ... Read More Rating: - Yes, this style of dry humor isn't for everyone, but it is for me...As an avid fisherman who's seen a lot of fishing shows, none come this close to putting me there. Mainstream fishing shows are akin to a prolonged Bass Pro or LL Bean commercial with more sponsor logos than NASCAR, going from one money-shot to another. Fishing with John is decidedly non-commercial, gritty and more true to life (hilarious dramatizations included). I've never seen a production that could capture and frame so well that awkward yet comfortable void that permeates human friendship, especially ... Read More Rating: - Gogo, Didi, and the SquidmonksI've never seen anything like this. Take Gogo and Didi from "Waiting for Godot", put them in a boat with a script from a Monty Python sketch, and add a Zen narrator from Heaven. The soundtrack is great and the cameras are everywhere even though nearly all of it seems candid. Marvel at the fish dance of it all. Rating:  - What could be more boring than a fishing show?Sure, it was supposed to be a spoof on a fishing show. Imagine creating a home movie that spoof's your grandmother doing laundry and petting the cat. You wouldn't waste your time... which begs to question why these guys did. Willem Dafoe manages to once again bring a brilliant performance to an otherwise graham cracker production. I wouldn't return it to Amazon, but if John showed up at my doorstep and apologized, I would gladly accept. It gets two stars, because I reserve the 1 star rating for anything ... Read More |
